Planetella billoti (Kieffer, 1909)

on Carex

gall

Fusiform unilocular pustules, 5-8 x 2-3 mm, with a thin, leathery wall, of the base of the leaves, often several together. Larva solitary, white.

hostplants

Cyperaceae, narrowly monophagous

Carex davalliana.

larva

spatula (from Kieffer, 1901a)

synonyms

Hormomyia billoti.

references

Buhr (1964b), Gagné (2010a), Kieffer (1901a, 1909a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a).